Hydraulic ram.



A. ABRAHAM. IYDIAIILIO IAI. nmomol ma no... mo.

hunted Nov. 1, I910;

for

Avf'y Improvements in llydrauliellama, of which and when \t'tilitt tl at" all the valves upon subject of the Kinp of l'riowia, reaidinl, in

which it acts) to a higher level. and has for uantity of the water which is allowed to manta of the water, According to? uNrrEn S'JATES PATENT OFFICE.

- Application filed Aufiuut 4.

To all whom it may concern;

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the following is ii'specitication. I

'lhiw invention l't'lttltit to li i'ilraalia apparatus of the kind -known"as hydraulic i'aiiiit in which the momentum of a falling liodvot water in (till-it'd to raise a portion of it clf or another body of water (upon its object improvements lll such devices whereby large quantities of \\'llltl"li0-..'-'t't-$lllj only a small head may be profitably employed to drain low lands or to fill reservoir whence li t'dra'ulie power would be.- araihible'for driving! turbines and other niotors as well as for other industrial nit-poses. In timerof tlood. the water could iy meam of the present invention he eoonoinicallrraised and by the same means a considerable ow into and through lock-i on rit'era could he returi-ied to the higher level above such lock. Water power'o-f the hind required to actuate the lill'nt'ltl invention may he found wherever there he tidal water. and not Rel doai even' in the upper reaches of niaii v rivers. Apparatusfor this-purpose heretofore proposed has been toocumbersome to work profitably under tli-llltlii head of water' which their action depends are extremely ditlieiilt toinaintuiii in proper working ron-' tlitioii owing to the hammering action re-v sttltllig from the pushing and jerkin" morem ore ent invention tlie-e ditlienlties are entirely overcome it) the employment of a rotating part driven by airvsuitnhle hlllll't'i of power.- iaich. for iii-taaee. in Hip falling water. which is afterward diwhai'grd thri'rt'roii at point diaiiiet rirally opposite each other into rliaanelswhirh are :tlw located diametrically opposite each other. until the rotation of tlii.-

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fpiirtaients, or a nut controlling part arrests the 'difieharge of the driving Wtllt'l' and at the same time puts the channelsalong which the water dirrharc d i thereinto in still tloain" under theinthieia-e of list momentum and grarity. iltl it'nltli munication with the body of water to he raised. which is t-illt'lit'tl up by the partial vitetuun formed by the continued movement l coiiipartnicats y and m are curved like the 110 ranwn Nov. 1, i010.

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of the driving waiter after the supply is cut; oil. liy the time the momentum of the (illicliar zed driving water is meat, the continued rotationo'f the rontro ling pat-twill have again established ttllllllllllllt'ltilflll lietween the upper i-lriringwater and the rlian-- nels hereinhet'ore referred to with the result.

.that the'sn'id controlling member will a llll dim-barge tln-aetuatingwa-ter iatothe. it ore-' 'miid clia'nnelawhere-in its continued movement under llltl intliieaco of its momentum and gravity will again form a partial" vacuum into which thewater to be raised will algaiii he lifted so. M10" as t'ninint r ica-' tion is again established. in this way the blow delivered when the fall of the water is checked is exerted in opposite directions so that any shock that might otherwise be felt i-t neutralized.

Apparatusconstructed aceordin to this invention are extremely simple, sol rogulltlit" and scarcely need any attention.

' "will now proceed to morepiirticahfly describe this invention with the aid of the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Fi'gure-l is a vertical cross section of the invention; Fig. 2h; 0. lt'in View; Fig. 8 it! a t-lllllllttl'. view to that ii iown in Fig. 1, illuotratii'i v a modification.

Wit iii a circular chamber 5 is located rohiting controlling member 0 which is mounted npon'a vertical shaft-rcstin u n a suit able step bearing and sup sitioiibyan upper hearin ling-member an; 7 irovidet with four comnthe druwin all a which are 0 n at the periphery of t e controller. A ha f of these compartments 5! also communicate with the while the other water above the controller, compartments m cmnnni'nicate with the water beneath it in thecha nber ql, which ll supplied by the piper. At the same level as the peripheral openings in the controller 0, t'lltlllllt'lil .f enter the chamber I; tit/points diniiiet'rioally opposite each other. The number of these channels is only limited h rte, in 0- his control-' ti ile of four, as is shown the eirruinfereiice of the chamber b, whic l:-

they may eoiiipletelv occupy.- Aocording to the 't'tltlhll'lltlltllls illustrated by the drawllltl"; the number of the said channels in inn-h that two acts of them are arranged m that each only oeeu iies about a quarterot the eii-runiterrace. hewalls separating the controller s by increasing its buoyan a macro buckets of a turbine which cause the driving water to .be discharged therefrom in a tan cntial direction which causes the contip or e to rotate by reason of the reaction. This wnstruction, iowever, is only necessary when the rotative wer is derived from the falling water. be driving water is led by the pipe a (Fig. 2) into the chainher 6, whence it tlows through the-compartments 9 into the channels f causing the controller e to rotate until the discharge of the actuating water is cut oil and communication is established between the channels and the chamber d when the continued forward movement of the water in the said channels will suck up some of the water in the lower chamber .through the compartments m, whence it will be delivered with the driving water into the reservoir is.

The foregoing describes the operation of the improved apparatus as a suction ram.

The controller 0 is rovided with an air chamber a with whi the driving water communicates in order to neutralize water shocks. This chamber i and the empty cavity It, also serve to reduce the weight of the It will be understood that the-mim r of the channels f may be varied to suit circumstances, and that the speed of rotation of the-controller may be regulated so as to admit fresh driving water to the channels, f, directly the ener storedup in the we vious quantity disc arged is exhausted and that the relative size or number of the compartments, g, and m may be so proportioned as to correspond with the ratio 0|. the fall of the driving water to the height to which the lower water is to be raised. In cases where these levels vary, means may be employed for varying the relative number or size of the compartments communicating with the upper and lower chambers, such as partitions or covers sliding vertically or pivoted by the central shaft which may either cut ct! single compartments entirely 1 from action or ma only vary their size, in

the latter case pre erably aimultaneousl glenlaigin one compartment when dim n' ing the a acent one. These means may be actuated in any suitable way. The compartments g and 1 may be provided with additional laden as is shown in the drawings.

When it isdesired to' use the apparatuses a pressure ram, the driving water flows from the rueryoir 1: through the channels I whence it enters the perip eral openings of the con ller'e, which it causes to rotate, unless ot ier means of rotation are employed. During the time the driving water continues to flow through the compartments it acuires momentum b reason of its fa 1 from t e higher level 0 is into the chamber d. This momentum produces a pressure when the fall is. checked by the interposition of one of the compartments g, which is suiliby Fig. 8 and Fig. 2the plan of both constructions being subslsiitiiilly similur-n w.- zles n are urraii -d inside the channels so as to form It by rnulic injector by means of which water is drawn up throu i the pipes a. Accordiii to this construction, the controller c diliiirs from. that dcscrilicd with reference to Fig. l in that the coin nu'tmciits m have no communication with c iiiinbcr (I. With this form of sp aratus water is raised from the chamber a through the pipe 0, both by the momentum of thedriving water after it has been discharged into the clumnels f, as well as durin the time'the said drivin water is being elivered into such channes when the apparatus works as n injector. For the eflicient working of tii is form of my invention, the driving inter must have suflicient energy to actuate d g apparatus and produce a water jet of snflicient velocity to work the in'ector.

In some mises a reaction w loci of the hind known as a Scotch turbine which has two or more tubular arms that do not cooperate with pallets, may be employed in the place of the rotary controller described. In this case the tubular arms would discharge water only when passing the channels I. Or, I may drive the controller s by any independent means and'regulate its speed by an convenient well-known means.

zvhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of United States is:

1. A h draulic ram comprising a casing having eiambers therein, pipes. connecting with said chambers, a seriesof ipes communicating with said casin an a rotatable member in said casin be ween the chambers and having rts t ierein communicating with the interior of the casing and with the said series of pipes.

2. A hydraulic ram comprising a casing having an upper and a lower chamber therein, connecting with said chambers, a rotating member separating said chambers and having ports t erein, and a series of pipes communicating with the casin some of said sorts connecting the upper c amber with sol pi and others of as d ports conice nectin ssi pipes with the lower chamber,

where y therotation of said members will bring each pipe of the series alternately in communication with the upper and lower chamber.

3. A hydraulic rim comprising a casing having snapper and a lower chai iber therein, pipes connecting with said chambers a series of pi communicating with said easing, a rotating member havin ports therein communicating with the interior of the easing and with the said pipes, haid member.

being rotated by the passage of water through the chamber.

4 A hydraulic ram compriain a casing having chambers therein, means or feeding the driving water to one chamber, and the driven water to the other chamber, an outlet pipe leading from said casin ,and means actuated by the driving water or alternately connectin and disconnecting said pipe wit I said cham rs, whereb the suction created lily the passa e of said riving water through t e pipe wil draw into said pipe the driven water.

5. A hydraulic mm comprisin a casing having chambers therein, means or feeding the driving water to one chamber, and the driven water to the other chamber, a series of pipes leadin from said casing, means actuated by the riving water for alternately connectin and disconnecting said pipes vi 1 aaidhcham rs, whareb the suction-area? t epama o te rivi yatert rou pipes will draw the d ven water into sal pi 0. A hydraulic ram comprising -a casing having chambers therein, means for feedi the driving water to one chamber and t driven water to the other, pips leadin' in said casing means actuate by the rivi water for alternately connectin and dim necting said pipes with the riving wal and also with the driven water.

7. A hydraulic ram comprisin a casi having chambers therein, means or feedi the driving water to one chamber and t driven water to the other, pipes leading fr said casing, and a rotating member in ac casing having ports therein which alt: nately connect and disconnect the said pig with the driving water and other pm which alternately connect and disconnect t said pipes with the driven water.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set 11 hand this 23rd day of July, 1909, in the prt ence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLF ABRAHAM.

Witnesses:

Hana! Haaru, Aa-mua Somioauna. 

